In a veiled attack on neighbouring country Pakistan, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that terrorism is an enemy of the basic human rights and the fight against it should also identify states that “encourage, support and finance” the menace and “provide sanctuary” to terror groups. Raising the issue of global …

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met her Kyrgyz and Uzbek counterparts and discussed cooperation in a number of key areas including trade and investments. Swaraj, who is here on a four-day visit to take part in the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), yesterday met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi …

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is slated to hold bilateral talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during her two-day China visit, which will begin on Saturday, 21 April. Sushma Swaraj will meet Wang on the sidelines of the foreign ministers’ meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO). Swaraj, who will be arriving in …

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday expressed his country’s support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) connectivity initiatives and offered to connect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with SCO’s six approved routes. The connection is expected to greatly enhance their vitality to become a conduit for linking Eurasian landmass, China, Russia and Central …

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was an early initiative by China to knit together important regional countries in Asia in an organisation that had significant security overtones. The first meeting took place in 2001, with six founder members among which Russia and China were the most prominent, and with them there were some other major …

Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said he and his family have done nothing wrong as he lashed out at "some unseen elements" for hatching conspiracies against his democratically-elected government. "Today, I have just presented my stance before the JIT," Sharif told reporters after appearing before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing his …

India on Thursday called for enhanced connectivity and unimpeded trade among SCO member states with due respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity besides deepening cooperation to fight terrorism and extremism. Speaking at the flag raising ceremony of India and Pakistan at the headquarters of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here, Indian Ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale …

Welcoming India and Pakistan into the SCO, China on Thursday dismissed apprehensions that their differences could disrupt the unity of the grouping saying its charter strictly prohibits members to bring their bilateral hostility into the organisation. "As a founding member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), we are very happy about the membership of India …

Membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) gives a good opportunity to India to reduce its military and security ties with the US and also review its confrontationist stance towards China and Pakistan, the CPI-M has said. An editorial in the CPI-M journal "People's Democracy" welcomed the Modi government's decision to become a full member …

The upgradation of India’s status from that of Observer to a Member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), at its recently held summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, marks a significant enhancement in India’s diplomatic engagement with its members. In conjunction with the country’s extensive bilateral relations with them in all aspects of government-to-government relationship, the membership …

China on Monday dismissed as "nonsense" reports about President Xi Jinping not meeting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit last week, saying the two leaders met "several times" at the summit. "I can tell you that during the 17th SCO council head of states President Xi …